[W124] I found a E36 AMG Cabrio in UK...

[Steve Nervig]

On Jun 3, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Dale Hyde wrote:


> After three years of working hard and saving I decided to replace  

> my E320 Coupe with a Cabrio as I’m always planned. The time came to  

> start looking and on the pages of auto trader there were a few  

> candidates, but right in the middle of them all was a E36 AMG. It  

> was £5K over my budget but I had to go and take a look.

>

>

>

> 24 hours later and it’s home with me, should be fun. Externally it  

> looks about perfect, internally not too bad although a bit of tlc  

> required, mechanically looks pretty good too, pulls well but with  

> occasional misfire? Oil looks OK but I think it could do with a  

> service.

>

>

>

> BUT, today the roof has stopped working, any suggestions, here are  

> the symptoms:

>

>

>

> I opened the roof this morning, engine running. Everything OK up to  

> the point at which the cover closes, it didn’t seem to want to  

> catch and pull down. I tried going up and down a few times to no  

> avail and looked at clasp mechanism which showed no obvious fault.  

> Whilst I had it half open I took the opportunity to lube the joints  

> (WD-40 was recommended to me). After a while I gave up and decided  

> to shut the roof, but that didn’t seem right either. I have managed  

> to close it. But it doesn’t look quite flush at the rear. And now  

> the motor doesn’t work at all so it’s stuck there. The red light on  

> the roof switch is flashing. I suspect a blown fuse, but can’t  

> locate the roof fuse. The main fuse box says it’s external, but  

> where? I don’t have a manual. I have googled every phrase I can  

> think of, and gather that there are several external fuse boxes. I  

> have found several external fuses (but not in boxes, and none  

> labelled). Is there a hydraulic reservoir somewhere to check levels  

> of?

>

>

>

> Can anyone recommend a good W124 E36 Cabrio workshop specialist in  

> south of UK (I live in Milton Keynes and drive regularly to  

> London). I’m not too happy with the guy who did my Coupe and have  

> since heard other people not happy too.

>

>

>

> Finally for now, the main thing that’s bugging me inside is the sun  

> visor mounted mirror (passenger) is missing glass and the fold up  

> flap. Is that common on cabrios? The drivers side is missing the  

> fold up flap. They seem to have broken on the locating lugs. I  

> wonder whether to attempt a repair or look for replacements?

>

>

>

> Looking forward to getting these niggles sorted and enjoying the car…

>

>

>

> Dale Hyde

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> One other thing, this car only has electric seat on drivers side,  

> passenger is manual. Is that normal? I’ve never noticed one like it  

> before.

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>

>

> E36 AMG Cabrio 134K


Dale, the ETM shows that the soft top system is powered thru a 30 amp  
fuse, F24/1, but it does not appear to show where that fuse is. It is  
connected between the X1 plug via rd/wt  wire and the X4/10 plug with  
a rd wire.

The X4/10 plug is just forward of the lower, fwd, outboard corner of  
the main battery.

The X1 plug I can't find. Maybe close to the motor, which, if I  
recall correctly is near the main fuse box/brake booster area? So the  
fuse would be somewhere between those two plugs.

The N52 control module for the soft top is either under the right  
rear seat (easy to pop out), or it's behind the right rear seat  
sidewall panel. (I bet its under the seat bottom.)

That motor runs a hydraulic pump, no? how is the hydraulic fluid level?

Steve
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